Gobies, Gobiidae, Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands Gobies (Gobiidae)

The family Gobiidae contains many species of usually small fish, often living on or very near the bottom. Many live in burrows in the sand, some of them in burrows built and maintained by symbiotic Alpheid "bulldozer" shrimp. Goby species that are always found with bulldozer shrimp are covered on a different page at Kwajalein Shrimp Gobies. The current page covers species that do not typically have shrimp partners. There are many goby species in the Marshalls for which we do not have photos; they are not covered on these pages. Also, many of these are not easy to identify, especially just from a photograph, so some of the names may need correction.

Amblygobius decussatus	Amblygobius nocturnus	Amblygobius phalaena
Amblygobius phalaena	Asterropteryx ovata	Asterropteryx semipunctata
Asterropteryx striata	Asterropteryx sp. 2	Bryaninops cf amplus
Bryaninops erythrops	Bryaninops loki	Bryaninops natans
Bryaninops ridens	Bryaninops yongei	Bryaninops sp. 1
Bryaninops sp. 2	Cabillus lacertops	Cabillus tongarevae
Callogobius hasseltii	Callogobius maculipinnis	Callogobius sp. 1
Echinogobius hayashii	Eviota cometa	Eviota cf melasma
Eviota nebulosa	Eviota oculineata	Eviota cf pellucida
Eviota prasites	Eviota sebreei	Eviota cf specca
Eviota teresae	Eviota? sp. 1	Eviota? sp. 2
Eviota? sp. 3	Eviota sp. 4	Eviota sp. 5
Eviota sp. 6	Eviota sp. 7	Eviota sp. 8
Exyrias akihito	Fusigobius aureus	Fusigobius duospilus
Fusigobius gracilis	Fusigobius humeralis	Fusigobius maximus
Fusigobius neophytus	Fusigobius signipinnis	Fusigobius sp. 3
Fusigobius sp. 4	Fusigobius sp. 5	Fusigobius sp. 6
Fusigobius sp. 7	Fusigobius sp. 8	Fusigobius? sp. 10
Gnatholepis anjerensis	Gnatholepis cauerensis	Gobiodon aoyagii
Gobiodon atrangulatus	Gobiodon citrinus	Gobiodon erythrospilus
Gobiodon okinawae	Gobiodon quinquestrigatus	Gobiodon prolixus
Gobiodon rivulatus	Gobiodon? sp. 1	Hazeus sp. 1
Istigobius ornatus	Istigobius rigilius	Istigobius cf rigilius
Koumansetta rainfordi	Macrodontogobius wilburi	Minysicya caudimaculata
Oplopomops diacanthus	Oplopomus oplopomus	Opua nephodes
Opua? sp. 1	Paragobiodon echinocephalus	Paragobiodon kasaii
Paragobiodon lacunicola	Paragobiodon melanosoma	Paragobiodon cf modestus
Pleurosicya boldinghi	Pleurosicya coerulea	Pleurosicya elongata
Pleurosicya fringilla	Pleurosicya micheli	Pleurosicya cf mossambica
Pleurosicya muscarum	Pleurosicya sp. 1	Pleurosicya sp. 1
Pleurosicya sp. 2	Pleurosicya sp. 4	Priolepis inhaca
Sueviota lachneri	Trimma anthrenum	Trimma benjamini
Trimma caesiura	Trimma cana	Trimma fasciatum
Trimma flavatrum	Trimma hayashii	Trimma hoesei
Trimma maiandros	Trimma milta	Trimma nasa
Trimma okinawae	Trimma taylori	Trimma tevegae
Trimma sp. 1	Trimma sp. 2	Trimma sp. 3
Trimmatom sp. 1	Valenciennea parva	Valenciennea parva
Valenciennea puellaris	Valenciennea sexguttata	Valenciennea strigata
goby sp. 1